CVE-2026-28402nimiq/core-rs-albatross's nimiq-blockchain missing proposal body root verification
- 7.1HighCVSS base score
- 0.23%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 87% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
nimiq/core-rs-albatross is a Rust implementation of the Nimiq Proof-of-Stake protocol based on the Albatross consensus algorithm. Prior to version 1.2.2, a malicious or compromised validator that is elected as proposer can publish a macro block proposal where `header.body_root` does not match the actual macro body hash. The proposal can pass proposal verification because the macro proposal verification path validates the header but does not validate the binding `body_root == hash(body)`; later code expects this binding and may panic on mismatch, crashing validators. Note that the impact is only for validator nodes. The patch for this vulnerability is formally released as part of v1.2.2. The patch adds the corresponding body root verification in the proposal checks. No known workarounds are available.
Timeline
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By GitHub_M
Published
- 4 days later
· 4 days later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| GitHub_MCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | High7.1 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H |
| NVDNVD · Analyzed | 3.1 | High7.1 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.23% · top 87% of all CVEs (14 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.1.
Affected products
- affected < 1.2.2
References
References4
- https://github.com/nimiq/core-rs-albatross/security/advisories/GHSA-7wh6-rmxx-ww47 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://github.com/nimiq/core-rs-albatross/pull/3623 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISC
- https://github.com/nimiq/core-rs-albatross/commit/6454c26d966858c5520f55739a30b94c17656c85 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISC
- https://github.com/nimiq/core-rs-albatross/releases/tag/v1.2.2 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISC
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2026-9074 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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